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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3877 

To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to permit greater 

flexibility in carrying out incumbent worker training programs, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 6, 2024 

Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. BUDD, and Mr. HICKENLOOPER) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

to permit greater flexibility in carrying out incumbent 

worker training programs, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lifelong Learning 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INCUMBENT WORKER TRAINING AND TRANSI2 TIONAL JOBS STANDARD RESERVATION OF 

3 FUNDS. 

4 Section 134(d) of the Workforce Innovation and Op5 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(d)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (4)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘20’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘30’’; and 

8 (2) in paragraph (5), in the matter preceding 

9 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘10’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘15’’. 

11 SEC. 3. REPORTING INCUMBENT WORKER TRAINING OUT12 COMES. 

13 Section 116(d)(2)(A) of the Workforce Innovation 

14 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3141(d)(2)(A)) is amend15 ed— 

16 (1) by striking ‘‘(A) information’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘(A)(i) information’’; 

18 (2) in clause (i), as so designated, by adding 

19 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

20 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a State in which local 

22 areas are implementing incumbent worker 

23 training programs under section 134(d)(4), in24 formation on the levels of performance achieved 

25 for those programs with respect to the primary 

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1 section (b)(2)(A), which information shall be 

2 used by the State and the Secretary of Labor 

3 in conjunction with the Secretary of Education 

4 to adapt the State adjusted levels of perform5 ance with respect to such indicators for the 

6 adult program and for the dislocated worker 

7 program authorized under chapter 3 of subtitle 

8 B.’’. 

9 SEC. 4. EXPANDING THE FLEXIBILITY OF ONE-STOP OPERA10 TORS. 

11 Section 121(d)(2) of the Workforce Innovation and 

12 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3151(d)(2)) is amended— 

13 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

14 and inserting a semicolon; 

15 (2) in subparagraph (B)(vi), by striking the pe16 riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

17 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(C) subject to approval from the chief 

19 elected official and Governor and in accordance 

20 with any other eligibility criteria established by 

21 the State, and notwithstanding subparagraph 

22 (B), may be a local board, if the local board— 

23 ‘‘(i) enters into a written agreement 

24 with the chief elected official and clarifies 

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1 tions and responsibilities of a one-stop op2 erator in a manner that complies with ap3 propriate internal controls to prevent any 

4 conflicts of interest, which shall include 

5 how the local board, while serving as a 

6 one-stop operator, will comply with— 

7 ‘‘(I) the relevant Office of Man8 agement and Budget circulars relating 

9 to conflicts of interest; and 

10 ‘‘(II) any applicable State conflict 

11 of interest policy; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) complies with the other applica13 ble requirements of this subsection.’’. 

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